My buddies and I were just hooked on beach volleyball. We were obsessed with the game. — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
Our big hope is to get to the Olympics and win the first beach volleyball gold medal - if we can make… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
Any beach is more attractive than the inside of any stadium in the world. — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
It's hard to give a career like this up, when I tell my wife I'm going to the office, and it's the… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
I started on the beach in Santa Barbara with my father when I was six. — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
People think of beach volleyball as something you just play and have fun. They don't realize there's a lot of discipline involved… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
We play at the world's most beautiful beaches but in the world's most challenging conditions. It is not like you play one… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
From the mid-'70s to the mid-'90s, that was the golden age of the beach volleyball mystique. I was absolutely mesmerized by the… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
The indoor game is much more of a team game, having to work effectively with a group of 15 to 20 people,… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
I was fortunate to start the sport at a young age. I was 6 years old when my dad started teaching me.… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
The beach game taught me great lessons about how to elevate the play of my teammate, or teammates, and how to anticipate… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
I sit at the beach and I keep thinking there is something more I could be doing. — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
When I started playing on the beach there was nothing, no prize money at all. I didn't expect there to be any,… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
It's more challenging on the beach. And there's a totally different atmosphere. There's not nearly so much protocol as indoors. It's not… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
I played a kid's game, I got to do it at the beach, and I was able to support my family. I… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
Part of the lore of the beach is how long some of those matches would last. Scores would hold and it was… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
I certainly think it's ironic that beach volleyball was first played in the 1930s in Santa Monica and tournaments of a high… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
We'd get right up and go straight to the beach for practice. Afterward, we'd leave on our wringing, dirty clothes and jump… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
When three-quarters of the tournaments were being held in parking lots and other artificial locations, that was a growing frustration for me… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
I want to accomplish some things on the beach that I haven't been able to before, such as being a part of… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
Here I am, 11 years old, and these grown men have to give it everything they have to beat me. In one part of… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
The indoor game is much more of a team game, having to work effectively with a group of 15 to 20 people, striving to… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
I just think about what I am doing on my side of the net, which requires focus. Even after all the years I've been… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
Any beach is more attractive than the inside of any stadium in the world. — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
Great passing and setting - I admire that more than the super big guys pounding the ball. — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
I still get excited just attending a final four, because the process is so long, so arduous, so challenging, that when it finally arrives,… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
I take a tremendous amount of punishment and abuse every weekend because every team serves at me. So I have to carry the offensive… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
I was fortunate to start the sport at a young age. I was 6 years old when my dad started teaching me. We started… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
A lot of guys are out there with their iPods. I'm not one of them. I just never really got into it. — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
And I really felt like I would regret never accomplishing my goals on the beach, or missing special moments with my kids, more than… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
The men's game probably has a little more power to it, so the rallies aren't quite as long. Some people prefer that power and… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
